Some former NBA players spent time in Cass Park, intending to feed over 300 veterans and homeless families.

Detroit’s Eastern Market was buzzing with activity on Tuesday as families lined up for the 27th annual All-Star Giveback, a tradition that provides Thanksgiving meals to families in need.

RIVER ROUGE, Mich. – An annual event called the All-Star Give Back aims at making Thanksgiving just a little bit easier for families in need. Cars filled the River Rouge High School parking lot for the 22nd annual Turkey Giveaway Tuesday. READ: Annual Thanksgiving All-Star Giveback event held in River RougeWheeler helped organize the event. Wheeler said the group is giving out more than 2,000 turkeys and food boxes to those in need. They need care, they need hope, they need love.”Coleman said he has lost family and friends to COVID-19.

DETROIT - If you never saw Derrick Coleman play basketball, you missed a real treat. He became a basketball star at Syracuse University and was drafted into the NBA, where he played 15 seasons before retiring in 2005. With his NBA career over, he's still having a huge impact, both on and off the court, in the city he loves. Coleman collaborated with Focus: Hope, a Detroit nonprofit, on a sports camp at the Adams Butzel Complex on Lyndon Street. He said the camp gives children three things: patience, structure and teaching them to continue to dream.